I am a volunteer advocate for victims of the Narconon scam. I am a former scientologist. I post anonymously. Mary McConnell is my long time nom de plume. Feel free to contact me for assistance in righting the wrongs.

Have the "Have you or a loved one been hurt by narCONon? Call this number 1-800-###-####" blood in the water, shark lawyer TV ads started showing up on Northern California channels yet??

We are fortunate that Mr. Hannon takes a small fraction of the many complaints that are sent his way. Getting lawyers to help victims of Narconon is difficult, as most victims have no money left to pay upfront and it has to be a tight case with damages to be taken on contingency.

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I am a volunteer advocate for victims of the Narconon scam. I am a former scientologist. I post anonymously. Mary McConnell is my long time nom de plume. Feel free to contact me for assistance in righting the wrongs.

I am a volunteer advocate for victims of the Narconon scam. I am a former scientologist. I post anonymously. Mary McConnell is my long time nom de plume. Feel free to contact me for assistance in righting the wrongs.

I am a volunteer advocate for victims of the Narconon scam. I am a former scientologist. I post anonymously. Mary McConnell is my long time nom de plume. Feel free to contact me for assistance in righting the wrongs.

I am a volunteer advocate for victims of the Narconon scam. I am a former scientologist. I post anonymously. Mary McConnell is my long time nom de plume. Feel free to contact me for assistance in righting the wrongs.

I am a volunteer advocate for victims of the Narconon scam. I am a former scientologist. I post anonymously. Mary McConnell is my long time nom de plume. Feel free to contact me for assistance in righting the wrongs.

Robert Murphy and Tonya White, individually and as Natural Parents and Next of Kin of STACY DAWN MURPHY, deceased Plaintiffsvs Defendants are Narconon of Oklahoma (NO), d/b/a Narconon Arrowhead, an Oklahoma corporation; Narconon International (NI), a foreign corporation based in California; Association for Better Living and Education International (ABLE), a foreign corporation based in California; and Gerald D. Wootan, DO, M.Ed, medical director of Narconon of Oklahoma.

Readers, please post comments on the web articles reporting today on the lawsuit. This shows the media sources that there is reader interest in these stories. Thanks.

Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against Narconon Arrowhead After Tulsa County Patient Found Dead at Scientology-Related Facility in Pittsburg County Lawsuit also Alleges Negligence, Violation of State Consumer Protection Act.

TULSA, OK, Oct. 5, 2012 - The parents of a patient found dead in July at Narconon Arrowhead filed a lawsuit against the facility today in Pittsburg County District Court, McAlester. The lawsuit alleges wrongful death, negligence, and violation of the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act.

I am a volunteer advocate for victims of the Narconon scam. I am a former scientologist. I post anonymously. Mary McConnell is my long time nom de plume. Feel free to contact me for assistance in righting the wrongs.

I am a volunteer advocate for victims of the Narconon scam. I am a former scientologist. I post anonymously. Mary McConnell is my long time nom de plume. Feel free to contact me for assistance in righting the wrongs.

I believe Hillary's case has been filed also (so hard to keep up with everything going on!), but couldn't find the complaint posted about here. Do we have it?

It's so good to see these types of statements being made by lawyers, after critics have been saying the same things for years:

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13. Defendant, NO, is a corporate sham and illusion, is merely an adjunct, subsidiary, licensee and/or alter ego of Defendant, Nl, and is heavily controlled by Defendant, Nl.

14. Defendant, Nl, is a corporate sham and illusion, is merely an adjunct, subsidiary, licensee and/or alter ego of Defendant, ABLE, and is heavily controlled by Defendant, ABLE.

... Cut the line about Wooten, aka "Dr. Happy Hands".

16. Defendants, NO, Nl and ABLE, all rely exclusively upon the written "technology" of L. Ron Hubbard (''Hubbard"), the founder of the Church of Scientology, to address the drug and alcohol rehabilitation needs of students enrolled in Narconon programs.

17. This is despite the fact that Hubbard had no known training or education in the field of drug and alcohol rehabilitation.

18. Subsidiary programs like NO implement what they advertise as drug prevention and education programs, based upon the texts of Hubbard, and are forbidden to deviate from these texts. However, none of these programs incorporate known acceptable treatment for drug and/or alcohol addiction.

19. In order to use the Hubbard technology, NO must pay a license fee to NI and agree to use the Hubbard technology in a manner that is heavily regulated by NI.

20. Part of the Hubbard technology, as regulated by NI, includes the course materials and purification component used by NO to "rehabilitate" students. However, neither the materials nor the purification component are designed to advance alcohol and/or drug rehabilitation. Instead, the materials are comprised of eight different levels that are virtually identical to the course materials promoted by ABLE, none of which specifically address treatment for drug and/or alcohol addiction.

21. The purification component of this treatment consists of "The Sauna Program," which is virtually identical to a required component of ABLE training for non-addiction individuals.

22. Another significant portion of the program is devoted to requiring students to undergo various "training routines", or "TR's", that focus upon conditioning students to either give or receive orders. The courses are "self taught" by students and overseen by counselors, who have little or no training other than that offered by NO, NI and/or ABLE, in administering the course themselves.

23. NO students receive no counseling or education in drug and/or alcohol rehabilitation per se, and therapeutic discussion of drugs and their effects among students and staff is actually discouraged. Instead, NO's proponents believe that strict adherence to the Hubbard technology will address the rehabilitation needs of its students. Nl routinely audits its subsidiaries to insure that the Hubbard technology is being zealously followed.

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26. The NO program operates under strict rules related to the discipline, structure, hierarchy, and training of ABLE and its subsidiaries, none of which are, within themselves, known treatments for drug and/or alcohol addictions.

27. Defendants, NO, Nl and ABLE, fraudulently misrepresented and falsely advertised the Narconon Program as one in which students suffering from alcohol and/or drug addiction would be provided substantive education and rehabilitation in the fields of drug and alcohol abuse. However, instead of providing drug rehabilitation, Defendants concealed, and continue to conceal, the Narconon Program's true relationship with ABLE, by teaching the Hubbard technology and not abuse related education.

This is very important, having this in legal documents. It sets a basis for all the future lawsuits. (Not speaking legally, just IMO.)

Oh, and this:

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VICARIOUS LIABILITY & CIVIL CONSPIRACY...60. Defendants, NO, Nl and ABLE, acted together in concert to unlawfully andtortuously operate a dangerous, unsafe and unsupervised drug and alcohol rehabilitation programat NO, as alleged within the First Cause of Action, supra....

What does "ATTORNEY LIEN CLAIMED" mean? Is this required verbiage for including legal fees in the amount demanded?

[qoute]Instead, the materials are comprised of eight different levels that are virtually identical to the course materials promoted by ABLE, none of which specifically address treatment for drug and/or alcohol addiction.[/quote]

In addition to be identical to the course materials promoted by ABLE, they are identical to the course materials used within the Cof$.

I am a volunteer advocate for victims of the Narconon scam. I am a former scientologist. I post anonymously. Mary McConnell is my long time nom de plume. Feel free to contact me for assistance in righting the wrongs.

Instead, the materials are comprised of eight different levels that are virtually identical to the course materials promoted by ABLE, none of which specifically address treatment for drug and/or alcohol addiction.

In addition to be identical to the course materials promoted by ABLE, they are identical to the course materials used within the Cof$.

From the OK6 interview:

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Drug addiction there, isn't treated with drugs, but by teaching communication and life skills, according to Smith.

"First, realize what problem they were trying to solve by doing drugs or alcohol," said Smith.

How do they do this? Without an e-meter, how do you know for sure you got all the thetan's off. But seriously, I would like to know how they determine and resolve emotional traumas in the first day, week, ... of a three month "course". So now they are licensed mental health counselors? With their sensitivity, I can see why Narconon's PTSD and grief counseling ends with some students running through woods and snow barefoot to get the hell away from them.

The only guarantee that comes with Narconon Arrowhead's "license" is that they will not sue the Oklahoma State health department for not giving them a license.

Sorry you and your daughter had the poor fortune to have to deal with NN. I hope you were able to get your daughter real help and that you get your money back from these crooks. They use people's trust and defraud them of money and worse. Take care.